System 7's 'Flower of Life': Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy on blending psychedelia with four decades of dance music
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Bill Kopp
Pure flour-power. Hearty enough to carry you through lunch.
Summary
Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, veterans of the psychedelic band Gong, discuss their decades-long musical journey that led to the creation of System 7 in the late 1980s. Their 15th studio album, 'Flower of Life' (released in 2026), represents the culmination of forty years of dance music obsession and is described as their most fully integrated album to date, blending their psychedelic roots with techno and dance music.
Key quotes
· 1 pulledVeterans of Gong's Canterbury-meets-French-freaks psychedelia, Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy discuss how forty years of dance music obsession culminates in 'Flower of Life,' System 7's most fully integrated album to date.
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